Car for coaster railways



Dec. 4v, 1923.

l F.- A. CHURCH CAR FOR COASTER RAILWAYS 4Filed Nov. 28 1921 Patented 1923.

UNITED STATES Pelrala'r orifice.

FREDERICK A. CHRCH, OF VENICE, CALIFORNIA.

can ron construe aAILWAYs.

Application led November 28, 1921. Serial No. 518,211.

n tively small and ordinarily have small seating capacity, andone of the principal objects of my invention is to so construct a l car that maximum seating` capacity may be had.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only,

Fig.I l isa side elevation of a train com '10 posed of vcarsembodying a form 0fmy invention.

Fig. 2 isa plan view on an enlarged scale of two of the cars.

Fig. 3 is a sideeleva-tion partly lin section 35. of the cars shown in Fig. 2.v

Fig. 4' is an enlarged vertical sectional view ofa portion of two cars showing the manner of. coupling the same', and,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional viewonline 80 5 5 lof Fig. 3 also showing the track con struction.

The cars in the train indicated at 11, with the exception of the last car indicated at 12,.are each constructed with a body 13 and 35 a rearward extension 14 forming an' over- -hanging portion which extends over the for# ward end of the next car. f The body of each car comprises a floor,l 15. a front wall 16,' rear wall 17 and sides 18. The sides are provided 4with top b`oards`20 which .extend outwardly from the side overthewheels 21 on the next car. rearwardly from the rear wall 17, being firmly secured to a vertically disposed plankf 23. designates a cross plank upon which is mounted the seat 25. The seat 25 extends entirely across the car and is rolvided with 'a forwardl extending sa dle 26,' such saddle being o sucient width to accommodate a single person and leavin .room at'each sideof the saddle indicate at 27 and 28 to. receive the legs of two persons4 occupying the seat 2 5, one on each side of the center.

`The boards 20 extend.l

The plank or beam 23 is provided with l a metal plate 30 secured thereto by suitable bolts-31, such plate 30 having va downwardly depending round bossI 32 which is seated in a socket formed in a bracket 33. A king bolt 34 extends downwardlythrough the cross plate 24 and plank 23 through the boss 32 and-bracket 33, where it is provided with a loose. collar 34 elastically held against `the ,bracket by means of a coiled spring 35 vcompressed on the bolt 34 by means of a washer 36 held in place thereon byanut37. l

' The rear wheels of the last car are mounted upon a shaft 41 supported in a bearing '42 which ispivotally mounted by means of a bolt or pin 43 in a bracket 44 secured in any suitable manner to the top plate 20, it being understood that where a car is provided with four wheels that it is necessary that one set of such wheels be mounted so 'that `the same may conform tothe shape form of construction, but I yprefer a form of track indicatedat 47 which is provided with an inwardly extending rail 45 arranged to be engaged by a cleat or bolt 46 in the event that the car should tip,l such engagement preventing the car jumping the track. Y

It isv particularly to 'be noted that the weight in each car is carried directly over the jointed connection between the cars, and

that such connection is substantially above the axis of the wheels ofthe next car, such arrangement resulting in the carrying of the weight of the loadin one car upon the-y `wheels of the -next car.

I claim as my invention:

A car for coaster railways comprising, a-

body, wheels en sald ax a ri d seat ex#- ten in g across one endof said dyand a saddle extending forwardlyA from said seat.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, Californimthis 22nd day of November, 1921. y

' FREDERICK A. CHURCH.- 

